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To start, here is a UNHCR report about the MQM. Link is

Query:

Provide information on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Altaf (MQM-A) in Pakistan.

Response:

SUMMARY

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Altaf (MQM-A) has been widely accused of human rights abuses since its founding two decades ago. It claims to represent Mohajirs"” Urdu-speaking Muslims who fled to Pakistan from India after the 1947 partition of the subcontinent, and their descendants.

In the mid-1990s, the MQM-A was heavily involved in the widespread political violence that wracked Pakistan's southern Sindh province, particularly Karachi, the port city that is the country's commercial capital. MQM-A militants fought government forces, breakaway MQM factions, and militants from other ethnic-based movements. In the mid-1990s, the U.S. State Department, Amnesty International, and others accused the MQM-A and a rival faction of summary killings, torture, and other abuses (see, e.g., AI 1 Feb 1996; U.S. DOS Feb 1996). The MQM-A routinely denied involvement in violence.

BACKGROUND

The current MQM-A is the successor to a group called the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) that was founded by Altaf Hussein in 1984 as a student movement to defend the rights of Mohajirs, who by some estimates make up 60 percent of Karachi's population of twelve million. At the time, Mohajirs were advancing in business, the professions, and the bureaucracy, but many resented the quotas that helped ethnic Sindhis win university slots and civil service jobs. Known in English as the National Movement for Refugees, the MQM soon turned to extortion and other types of racketeering to raise cash. Using both violence and efficient organizing, the MQM became the dominant political party in Karachi and Hyderabad, another major city in Sindh. Just three years after its founding, the MQM came to power in these and other Sindh cities in local elections in 1987 (AI 1 Feb 1996; U.S. DOS Feb 1997, Feb 1999; HRW Dec 1997).

The following year, the MQM joined a coalition government at the national level headed by Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which took power in elections following the death of military leader General Zia ul-Haq. This marked the first of several times in the 1980s and 1990s that the MQM joined coalition governments in Islamabad or in Sindh province. Meanwhile, violence between the MQM and Sindhi groups routinely broke out in Karachi and other Sindh cities (AI 1 Feb 1996; Jane's 14 Feb 2003).

In 1992, a breakway MQM faction, led by Afaq Ahmed and Aamir Khan, launched the MQM Haqiqi (MQM-H), literally the "real" MQM. Many Pakistani observers alleged that the MQM-H was supported by the government of Pakistan to weaken the main MQM led by Altaf Hussein, which became known as the MQM-A (Jane's 14 Feb 2003). Several smaller MQM factions also emerged, although most of the subsequent intra-group violence involved the MQM-A and the MQM-H (AI 1 Feb 1996; U.S. DOS Feb 1999; Jane's 14 Feb 2003).

Political violence in Sindh intensified in 1993 and 1994 (Jane's 14 Feb 2003). In 1994, fighting among MQM factions and between the MQM and Sindhi nationalist groups brought almost daily killings in Karachi (U.S. DOS Feb 1995). By July 1995, the rate of political killings in the port city reached an average of ten per day, and by the end of that year more than 1,800 had been killed (U.S. DOS Feb 1996).

The violence in Karachi and other cities began abating in 1996 as soldiers and police intensified their crackdowns on the MQM-A and other groups (Jane's 14 Feb 2003). Pakistani forces resorted to staged "encounter killings" in which they would shoot MQM activists and then allege that the killings took place during encounters with militants (U.S. DOS Feb 1996). Following a crackdown in 1997, the MQM-A adopted its present name, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, or United National Movement, which also has the initials MQM (HRW Dec 1997).

MQM-A leader Hussein fled in 1992 to Britain, where he received asylum in 1999 (Jane's 14 Feb 2003). The MQM-A is not on the U.S. State Department's list of foreign terrorist organizations (U.S. DOS 23 May 2003).

While the multifaceted nature of the violence in Sindh province in the 1980s and 1990s at times made it difficult to pinpoint specific abuses by the MQM-A, the group routinely was implicated in rights abuses. In 1992 after the Sindh government called in the army to crack down on armed groups in the province, facilities were discovered that allegedly were used by the MQM-A to torture and at times kill dissident members and activists from rival groups. In 1996, Amnesty International said that the PPP and other parties were reporting that some of their activists had been tortured and killed by the MQM-A (AI 1 Feb 1996).

The MQM-A and other factions also have been accused of trying to intimidate journalists. In one of the most flagrant cases, in 1990 MQM leader Hussein publicly threatened the editor of the monthly NEWSLINE magazine after he published an article on the MQM's alleged use of torture against dissident members (U.S. DOS Feb 1991). The following year, a prominent journalist, Zafar Abbas, was severely beaten in Karachi in an attack that was widely blamed on MQM leaders angered over articles by Abbas describing the party's factionalization. The same year, MQM activists assaulted scores of vendors selling DAWN, Pakistan's largest English-language newspaper, and other periodicals owned by Herald Publications (U.S. DOS Feb 1992).

The MQM-A has also frequently called strikes in Karachi and other cities in Sindh province and used killings and other violence to keep shops closed and people off the streets. During strikes, MQM-A activists have ransacked businesses that remained open and attacked motorists and pedestrians who ventured outside (U.S. DOS Feb 1996; Jane's 14 Feb 2003).

The MQM-A allegedly raises funds through extortion, narcotics smuggling, and other criminal activities. In addition, Mohajirs in Pakistan and overseas provide funds to the MQM-A through charitable foundations (Jane's 14 Feb 2003).

Since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States, the MQM-A has been increasingly critical of Islamic militant groups in Pakistan. The MQM-A, which generally has not targeted Western interests, says that it supports the global campaign against terrorism (Jane's 14 Feb 2003).

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the RIC within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

References:

Amnesty International (AI). HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS IN KARACHI (1 Feb 1996, ASA 33/01/96), http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA330011996?open&of=ENG-PAK [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

Human Rights Watch (HRW). WORLD REPORT 1998, "Pakistan" (Dec 1997), http://www.hrw.org/worldreport/Asia-09.htm#P823_214912 [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

Jane's Information Group (Jane's). JANE'S WORLD INSURGENCY AND TERRORISM-17, "Muthida [sic] Qaumi Movement (MQM-A)" (14 Feb 2003), http://www.janes.com [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS). "Foreign Terrorist Organizations" (23 May 2003), http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/2003/12389.htm [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS). COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 1998, "Pakistan" (Feb 1999), http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1998_hrp_report/pakistan.html [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS). COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 1996, "Pakistan" (Feb 1997), http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1996_hrp_report/pakistan.html [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS). COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 1995, "Pakistan" (Feb 1996), http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_sasia/Pakistan.html [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS). COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 1994, "Pakistan" (Feb 1995), http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1994_hrp_report/94hrp_report_sasia/Pakistan.html [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS). COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 1991, "Pakistan" (Feb 1992).

U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS). COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 1990, "Pakistan" (Feb 1991).

Attachments:

Jane's Information Group (Jane's). JANE'S WORLD INSURGENCY AND TERRORISM-17, "Muthida [sic] Qaumi Movement (MQM-A)" (14 Feb 2003), http://www.janes.com [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]
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حسن مجتبی
سان ڈیاگو، کیلیفورنیا
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انہوں نے بارہ مئي کو کراچي میں وہی دہرایا۔
یہ شاید ایم کیو ایم کی اب چالیس کے پیٹے سے زائد کی قیادت نے انیس سو اسی کی دہائی میں کراچی یونیورسٹی میں پٹ کر اسلامی جمعیت طلیہ سے سیکھا تھا کہ کیمپس اور ہاسٹلز میں اگر شیٹیں، پوسٹر بینر یا پروگرام ہوں گے تو وہ صرف جمعیت کے ہی ہوں گے۔ ’ورنہ جیوے جیوے پیر مودودی‘۔ اور یہی کچھ جامشورو اور اندرون سندھ کے کئی تعلیمی اداروں میں تب جیے سندھ والوں کا وطیرہ تھا: ’جی ایم سید رہبر آ، سندھو دیش مقدر آ۔‘
اور یہی انہوں نے بارہ مئی کو کراچي میں کیا۔
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انیس سو اسی کی دہائي میں عزیز آباد میں پان کے کھوکھے پر ایک رات بی بی سی پر خبریں سننے کے بعد جماعت اسلامی کو برا بھلا کہنے پر مقامی’جماعتیوں‘ نے ’بڑے بھائي‘ کی پٹائی کردی تھی۔ تب عزیز آباد میں قریبی ’ کیفے آبشار‘ نامی ایک چائے خانے کی میز پر شطرنج کی بساط جمائے کوئی تین بڈھوں میں سے ایک کی نظر التفات جماعت سے مار کھائے اس الطاف حسین نامی نوجوان پر پڑ گئي تھی۔
اس زیرک شطرنج کے کھلاڑی، صاحب کلام، بلا کے ’ٹیبل ٹاکر‘ بڈھے کا نام سید اختر رضوی تھا۔
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سید اختر رضوی کو مذہبی جماعتوں کے تیز اثر میں رہنے والے مہاجروں کو قوم پرستی کا ہلکا ڈوز دینے کیلیے الطاف حسین میں قائدانہ صلاحتیں نظر آگئيں تھیں


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الطاف حسین جو آج اپنے کلام اور خطابت میں کاپی کیٹ ہیں، وہ آدھی اختر رضوی اور آدھی شیعہ مقرر و عالم علامہ رشید ترابی کی ہیں۔ یہاں تک کہ بالوں کا سٹائيل بھی انہوں نے اختر رضوی سے لیا تھا۔
کیفے آبشار پر شطرنج کے کھلاڑی یہ بڈھے بائيں بازو کی سوچ رکھنے والے، شیخ مجیب الرحمان کی عوامی لیگ اور ولی خان کی نیشنل عوامی پارٹی اور جی ایم سید سے ’یاد اللہ‘ والے لوگ تھے۔ ان کے ایک گرو نیشنل عوامی پارٹی سندھ کے سابق صدر اور دانشور محمود الحق عثمانی بھی تھے۔
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حمود الحق عثمانی نے ان دنوں سندھ یونٹی بورڈ کے نام سے سندھی اور اردو بولنے والے دانشوروں اور سیاستدانوں کی ایک تنظیم بھی قائم کی ہوئی تھی۔ یہ ملک پر ضیاءالحق کے مارشل لاء کے دن تھے۔ بھٹو کو پھانسی لگ چکی تھی۔ پاکستان نیشنل الائينس جماعت اسلامی سمیت آمر فوجی حکومت میں شامل تھی۔
کراچي کے عام اردو بولنے والے لوگوں میں جماعت اسلامی اورمولانا شاہ احمد نورانی کی جمیعت علمائے پاکستان (جے یو پی) سے بیزاری اور فرسٹریشن اٹھنے لگي تھی۔
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آئے دن کراچـي میں شیعہ سنی فسادات بھڑکنے لگے تھے جنکا خاص نشانہ فیڈرل بی ایریا، انچولی، ناظم آباد، لیاقت آباد، اور ملیر جیسے علاقے تھے۔اردو بولنے والے طلبہ اور طالبات سندھ کے تعلیمی اداروں میں پٹ کر گھر واپس آتے تھے اور کراچـی کا سفید پوش مہاجر منی بس یا وین والے مغرور مزاج کنڈکٹر یا ڈرائیور سے گالیاں کھا کر بغیر ’بقایا‘ کے گھر لوٹتا تھا۔ یا کم از کم تب ایسا لگتا تھا۔
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انیس سو اسی کے وسط میں نشتر پارک کراچـي میں مہاجر قومی موومنٹ کا پہلا اجتماع ہوا
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سندھی قوم پرست رہمنا جی ایم سید کی مذاہب عالم اور صوفی ازم پر مشہور زمانہ لیکن متنازعہ کتاب ( جس پر سید پر ملاؤں نے کفر کے فتوے لگائے تھے) کا اردو میں ’جیسا میں نے دیکھا‘ کے عنوان سے ترجمہ کرنے والے مہاجر فلسفہ دان سید اختر رضوی کا ایک خواب تھا کہ ’سندھ میں اردو بولنے والے مذہبی جماعتوں کے چنگل سے نکل کر سندھیوں کے قریب آجائيں۔‘
۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔

سید اختر رضوی کے نزدیک، جو دیگ پکنے کے لیے انہوں نے آگ پر چڑھائي تھی اسکا ڈھکن اس نوجوان الطاف حسین نے کھولنا تھا۔
مذہبی جماعتوں کے تیز اثر میں رہنے والے مہاجروں کو قوم پرستی (جسے مہاجر کفر سمجھتے تھے) اور غیر فرقہ واریت کا ہولے ہولے ہلکا ڈوز دینے کیلیے الطاف حسین جیسے اپنی دھن کے پکے اور تقریر باز نوجوان میں سید اختر رضوی کو قائدانہ صلاحتیں نظر آگئيں تھیں۔
سید اختر رضوی نے اپنے آدرشوں کے مطابق ’قائد مہاجر‘ نوجوان کی تلاش کتنے ہی نوجوانوں میں کی تھی اور سب نے انہیں تب تک مایوس کیا تھا۔ اس سے قبل ایسے قائدِ مہاجر کیلیے قرعہ نیشنل سٹوڈنٹس فیڈریشن کے صدر اور کراچی سے پیپلز پارٹی کے سابق وفاقی وزیر کا بھی نکلا تھا لیکن وہ اس پر پورے نہیں اترے۔ اس نوجوان نے کچھ دنوں اردو دیش تحریک بھی قائم کی تھی۔
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جو دیگ سید اختر رضوی نے آگ پر چڑھائي تھی اسکا ڈھکن اس الطاف حسین نے کھولنا تھا

’جو مارے گئے وہ بھی مہاجر، جنہوں نے مارا وہ بھی مہاجر! اامام بارگاہیں کس کی شہید ہوئيں؟ مہاجروں کی۔ مسجدیں کس کی شہید ہوئيں؟ مہاجروں کی۔ بچے کس کے یتیم ہوئے؟ مہاجروں کے۔ سنی مہاجر، شیعہ مہاجر۔‘ کراچي میں فرقہ واریت سے متاثر اردو بولنے والوں کی بستیوں میں یہ نوجوان الطاف حسین اس طرح کی تقریریں کیا کرتے۔
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کراچی یونیورسٹی میں دوسری تنظیموں سے وابستہ طلبہ و طالبات اس لوئر مڈل کلاس سے تعلق رکھنے والے نوجوان اور اسکے ساتھیوں کے ٹولے کی حرکات و سکنات اور خطابت کا مذاق اڑایا کرتے۔ انیس سو اکہتر کی جنگ میں رضاکار فوج میں منتخب ہونے والے الطاف حسین کی پوسٹنگ ڈھاکہ ہوگئی تھی کہ جنگ چھڑ گئي۔
۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔

(جہاں بھی فوجی نظر آئے ’پاک فوج زندہ باد‘ کا نعرہ لگائيں۔ الطاف حسین نے انیس سو نوے کی دہائی میں کراچـی میں فوجی آپرییشن کے کچھ دنوں بعد اپنے کارکنوں سے خطاب میں کہا تھا)۔
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’ہم سے جو ٹکرائے گا لال بتی جاۓ گا۔ایم کیو ایم‘۔ حیدرآباد شہر کی دیواریں پینٹر جاوید کاردار کے دستخطوں سے ایسے رنگا رنگ نعروں سے جل اٹھیں تھیں
۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔



ففٹی ہونڈا موٹر سائيکل سوار نوجوان اور اسکے ساتھیوں کو کبھی پریس ریلیز دینے کیلیے کراچي پریس کلب کا چوکیدار کلب کے اندر نہیں چھوڑتا تھا۔ کراچی یونیورسٹی میں بی فارمیسی میں داخلہ نہ ملنے پر یہ نوجوان مہاجروں کے ساتھ امتیازی سلوک پر قائد اعظم کے مزار پر احتجاج کرتے ہوئے پاکستانی پرچم جلانے کے الزام میں گرفتار ہوا تھا۔ فوجی عدالت نے اسے سزا بھی سنائي تھی۔ جب یہ نوجوان جیل پہنچا تو وہاں کورنگي کے بہاری رہنما آفاق شاہد پہلے سے موجود تھے۔
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لیکن انیس سو اسی کے وسط میں نشتر پارک کراچـي میں مہاجر قومی موومنٹ کے پہلے اجتماع سے تقریر اور ’قرارداد مقاصد‘ کے مصنف بھی سید اختر رضوی ہی تھے۔ ایم کیو ایم کی قرارداد مقاصد کے مطالبات میں بھارت سے ڈاک خرچ میں کمی اور کھوکھرا پار کا بارڈر کھولنے جیسے مطالبات نے دونوں ملکوں کے تقسیم شدہ خاندانوں میں ایم کیو ایم کو مقبول کردیا۔
۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔

یہ طالبہ بشریٰ زیدی کی ہلاکت کے بعد کراچي میں پٹھان بہاری، پٹھان مہاجراور پنجابی مہاجر فسادات کے بعد والی کراچي میں اب پانچویں قومیت کی بات کرنے والی ایم کیو ایم تھی۔ میرے ایک دوست نے اس درخت سے ایک پتہ اپنی ڈائری میں رکھ لیا تھا جہاں بشری زیدی کی منی بس سے کچلے جانے سے ہلاکت ہوئي تھی۔
۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔

انیس سو چھیاسی میں سندھ میں بلدیاتی انتخابات میں جب ایم کیو ایم کراچي اور حیدرآباد میں اکثریت سے جیت کر آئی تو سید اختر رضوی بھی کراچی سے کونسلر منتخب ہوئے تھے۔ ایم کیو ایم کی ٹکٹ پر سید اختر رضوی نے یہ جب یہ نششت جیتی تو وہ خیرپور میرس جیل میں قید تھے۔
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لیکن اب سید اختر رضوی کہتے تھے کہ ایم کیو ایم میں سب کچھ ان کی ہدایات اور سکرپٹ کے مطابق نہیں ہو رہا۔ خاص طور سندھ میں نسلی فسادات انکے سکرپٹ کا حصہ نہیں یہ کوئی اور لکھ رہا ہے!
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’ہم سے جو ٹکرائے گا لال بتی جاۓ گا۔ایم کیو ایم‘۔ حیدرآباد شہر کی دیواریں پینٹر جاوید کاردار کے دستخطوں سے ایسے رنگا رنگ نعروں سے جل اٹھیں تھیں۔ ’لال بتی‘ ہسپتالوں کے ایمرجنسی روم کو کہا جاتا ہے۔
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جاوید کاردار کے خاندان کے لوگ بھی تیس ستمبر انیس سو اٹھاسی کو حیدرآباد میں سندھی قوم پرستوں اور ڈاکوؤں کی مشترکہ دہشتگردی میں مارے گئے تھے۔
سید اختر رضوی کہاں گئے؟ مہاجر قومیت کے یہ فلسفہ دان اپنی ہی تخلیق ’قائد کے غدار ہونے کے ناتے موت کے حقدار‘ ٹھہرائے جانے کے بعد کئی برسوں تک کراچی یا سندھ بدر رہے۔ اور وہ نوجوان بھی جو ایم کیو ایم کے جلسوں میں سندھی شاعر آکاش انصاری کی مشہور نظم ’ماں تو رونا نہیں‘ پڑھا کرتا تھا۔
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جو قوم، بقول جوش ملیح آبادی، پان کی گلوری منہ میں رکھ کر ایک دوسرے کو سات دفعہ آداب بجا لاتی تھی اب ایک دوسرے کے سینے ٹھوک رہی تھی

 
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Altaf Hussain's Interview with Analysis

The Rediff Interview/Altaf Hussein
Rediff - Mumbai,India

November 18, 2004

 

... resolve. In collaboration with the army, Benazir Bhutto who was then prime minister was executing my workers extra-judicially. It ... Altaf Hussein, 51, is loud and energetic, yet invisible. The supreme leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement, the third largest political party in Pakistan, Hussein lives in London and is a British national.

He has been in exile in the UK for 12 years but continues to rule the hearts of Mohajirs of the Sindh district of Pakistan. The volatile metropolitan city of Karachi is his stronghold.

In Pakistan, migrants from India are called Mohajirs. They nurse a feeling of being culturally, politically and economically discriminated against when compared to the native Sindhis and Punjabis.

Hussein was a student leader in Karachi when he entered politics. A pharmacist by education, his career received a boost when he was backed by General Zia-ul-Haq, who used him to divide the polity of Sindh. Subsequently, the Mohajir Quami Movement had a major confrontation with the Pakistan Army, when Hussein's supporters killed a senior army officer. Eventually, the unbearable political pressure and attempts on his life forced him to flee the country.

By articulating the woes of Mohajirs, Hussein has built up a formidable front that which is sharing federal power and in Sindh. Lately, he changed his party's name to the Muttahida Quami Movement to enlarge its vote bank. His equation with the army has also changed after he opted to side with General Pervez Musharraf.

On his recent maiden trip to India, he refused to criticise General Musharraf and advised India to trust him.

The Indian tour, his first outside the UK in 12 years, attracted attention when he addressed Indian Muslims and advised them to be loyal to India. His father, Nazir Hussain, was an officer with Indian Railways in Agra before migrating to Pakistan after Partition in 1947.

Though on a private visit to India, he was given VVIP status, provided security cover and a lavish stay. Before his arrival dozens of his assistants came to New Delhi from Karachi and London to publicise his visit. Posters of him were pasted all over South Delhi.

In an exclusive interview with Senior Editor Sheela Bhatt, he told the story of his successful political movement that is remote controlled from London and the difficult choices he made along the way to survive in Pakistani politics.

How do you manage to run a dynamic political party while living outside your country?

The secret of my leadership is truthful instincts. I want to establish a true democratic institution in Pakistan. I run my party with the help of the telephone. I give lectures to study circles, district members, political lectures and contact millions of people through the telephone.  HE IS ALLOWED TO GIVE LECTURES AND FUNCTION FREELY WHICH POLITICAL SPACE IS NOT ALLOWED THE TWO EXILED PMS MBB AND NS. THIS IS BECAUSE ALTAF IS THE TOADY OF HARDLINE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE ESTABLISHMENT POWER STRUCTURE. HE USED TERRORISTS TO DESTABILISE DEMOCRACY DURING THE TERMS OF MBB AND NS AT TEH BEHEST OF THE HARDLINE ANTI PEACE, ANTI DEMOCRACY ELEMENTS. 

My party has an organisational structure divided into centre, sectors, zones and units. I talk to them collectively. At all times I remain in contact with my central committee. Now some Sindhis, Baluchis, Pashtuns and even Hindus have joined the MQM. At last, my message is going across other communities as well.

How is life in exile?

I miss my people. When I address them from London, I get totally engrossed. I feel as if I am standing in front of them and addressing them. I get completely lost. Once my speech is over, I regret I am not with my people. I wish I could speak to them as before. But no struggle is easy. It always asks for sacrifice.

I am fighting against the ongoing medieval feudal system of Pakistan. I want to establish the rule of the middle and poor classes who are suffering everyday and are burdened with hundreds of problems. Ours is the only party that has emerged from the grass-root level.  PAKISTAN'S PROBLEMS HAVE LESS TO DO WITH FEUDALISM AND MORE TO DO WITH AN ALL POWERFUL ARMY. THE MIDDLE CLASS OFFICERS LIKE MUSHARAF AND ZIA HAVE USED THE ARMY TO INSTALL MILITARY OLIGARCHIC RULE. IT IS SHEER HYPOCRICY OF ALTAF TO SAY HE BELIEVES IN RULE BY MIDDLE CLASSES AND POOR CLASSES. HE BELIEVES IN RULE OF HOODLUMS WHO ABUSE THE RULE OF LAW AND CRUSH THE HUMAN, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF THE MIDDLE AND POOR CLASSES. ALTAF'S SOLE PURPOSE IS TO DESTABILISE DEMOCRACY AND PAVE THE WAY FOR MILITARY RULE. 

Why did you leave your country? Was it under pressure from the Pakistan army?

No, no. Before 1992, several attempts were made to eliminate me. A hand grenade was thrown at me. After that my central committee members requested me to go abroad and guide them from outside. After I left, in June 1992, the army started an operation in Sindh, including in Karachi, to finish the MQM leadership. More than 15,000 leaders, workers, office bearers and relatives of MQM members were extra-judicially executed.

Nasir Hussein, my 66 year old elder brother who was a retired civil servant and my nephew who was an engineer and just 28 years old, were arrested by the paramilitary rangers and police. They were tortured for three days. On December 9, 1995, they were assassinated. They were neither members of any political group nor part of MQM.  ALTAF SLOGAN IS THAT THOSE WHO BETRAY THE "QUAID ALTAF" DESERVE DEATH. HE ASKS HIS FOLLOWERS TO SELL TV SETS AND BUY GUNS. HIS GOONS ASSASSINATED THOUSANDS IN KARACHI INCLUDING THE BROTHER OF THE FORMER CM AND HIS OWN FORMER SUPPORTERS KILLED. NASIR HUSSAIN, THE SON OF THE WOMAN ALTAF'S FATHER MARRIED (WHO HAD HER OWN CHILDREN FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE INCLUDING NASIR) WAS KILLED IN THE RANDOM VIOLENCE OF THE CITY. IT IS EVEN POSSIBLE THAT ALTAF HAD NASIR, WHO WAS NO BLOOD RELATION OF HIS, KILLED TO DETRACT ATTENTION FROM THE MURDER OF THE REAL BROTHER OF THE CM.  THE REAL BROTHER OF THE PM WAS ALSO KILLED IN KARACHI THE CITY INFILTRATED BY TERRORISTS OF ALTAF.

Because I was in London they wanted to break my resolve. In collaboration with the army, Benazir Bhutto who was then prime minister was executing my workers extra-judicially. It was the thinking of Bhutto and the army that if they kill my relatives I'll ask for mercy. I didn't. I didn't.  TO DETRACT ATTENTION FROM HIS SPEECHES AND CALLS FOR STRIKES THAT ENDED IN SCORES OF PEOPLE BEING KILLED IN ONE DAY, ALTAF CONCOCTED THE LIE THAT THE PPP GOVT HAD MQM WORKERS EXTRA JUDICIALLY KILLED. MANY COMMITTEES WERE SET UP TO PROBE THIS WHEN ALTAF JOINED THE GOVERNMENT. THEY COULD NOT FIND ONE CASE OF EXTRA JUDICIAL MURDER OF AN MQM WORKER. THE ONLY EXTRA JUDICIAL MURDERS THAT TOOK PLACE WERE OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND WORKERS OF PARTIES THAT ALTAF  CONSIDERED A THREAT TO HIS FEUDAL DREAM TO TURN KARACHI INTO HIS FIEFDOM. ALTAF ALSO KILLED OFF POLICE OFFICERS THAT TRIED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF KARACHI FROM HIS TERRORISM, EXTORTION AND OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.  

Isn't it true that you were quite close to General Zia who helped you in your early career?

Zia was so close to me that in 1997, during his martial law regime he arrested me and put me behind bars. His summary military court sentenced me to nine months of rigorous imprisonment and five lashes a day! You can judge how much we loved each other!  ALTAF WAS SENTENCED FOR BURNING THE PAKISTAN FLAG IN THE SEVENTIES UNDER ZIA. AFTER THAT HE CRUMBLED BEFORE THE ZIA ELEMENTS AND STARTED TO WORK FOR THEM. THE CREATION OF MQM UNDER ALTAF BY ZIA'S MILITARY LOYALISTS WAS DISCLOSED BY FORMER  CHIEF MINISTER GHOUS ALI SHAH. IT WAS DURING SHAH'S TENURE IN 1986 THAT ZIA DECIDED TO CREATE MQM TO OFFSET THE POPULARITY OF BENAZIR BHUTTO WHO LIVES IN MULTI ETHNIC KARACHI AND WHOM KARACHITES CONSIDER THEIR OWN.

How and why did you pick up the cause of Mohajirs?

First, I formed a student body and then converted it into a political party. I had observed the discrimination that Muslims who had migrated from India faced in Pakistan. I came across many stories of victimisation. When my own friends suffered I felt this is too much. Nobody was raising a voice. I had to accept the challenge to raise my voice for the rights of Mohajirs. We are also citizens of Pakistan. We want equal treatment and a life of dignity. We had a confrontation with an organisation called the Sons of Islam. It was a religious body. They kicked us out of the education institution at gunpoint.

Like you, Benazir Bhutto is also in exile. Do you meet her? Have you overcome your differences?

Please don't compare me to her. She is a feudal lady. Her politics is to gain power, power, power. She raised the Taleban. And lives only for power.  MOHTARMA WAS BORN IN A FEUDAL HOME AS WAS HER FATHER. FATHER AND DAUGHTER GAVE UP A FEUDAL LIFE STYLE FOR ONE OF HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING FOR THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOITED AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN. ALTAF, ON THE OTHER HAND, ASPIRES FOR AND IS ENVIOUS OF MS BHUTTO'S BACKGROUND. HE WANTS TO BE A FEUDAL PRINCE AND TREAT KARACHI AS HIS PRIVATE JAGIR. HENCE HE JOINED UP WITH ZIA MILITARY HARDLINERS (THE GOD FATHERS OF THE RELIGIOUS MILITANTS)  TO CREATE A TERRORIST WING OF MQM THAT HAS MADE THE STREETS OF KARACHI FLOW WITH THE BLOOD OF INNOCENTS.  

How is your equation with the UK and the United States?

Neither do they support me, nor do they go against me. I appreciate that the British government has provided me a place to live.

Why have you become a British citizen?

Five years ago I applied for the renewal of my passport to the Pakistani high commissioner in the UK. Till today I am waiting [for it]. If they renew my passport and consider me a patriotic Pakistani, I'll certainly consider going back to Pakistan.

The Pakistan Army which persecuted you so much is now supported by you. Isn't it a political shortcut?

We haven't deviated from our demand for democracy in Pakistan. But one has to see the circumstances and situations and then decide. When General Musharraf took over power after removing Nawaz Sharif, we didn't support Musharraf. We have hardly any options now. After 9/11 the political scenario of the world has changed completely. In Pakistan there are forces represented by religious fanatics and suicidal jihadis, on the other hand there is General Pervez Musharraf!  ALTAF ALWAYS SUPPORTED MILITARY DICTATORSHIP AND PAVED THE WAY FOR THE SAME. THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED MQM MUST HAVE TOLD ALTAF TO SUPPORT MUSHARAF WHICH HE WILL UNTIL THEY TELL HIM TO DUMP HIM.  

We had only two choices -- either to choose the mullahs or Musharraf. We chose, not happily, you might say (pauses)... a lesser evil. At that time we saw that Musharraf is a liberal person. He is taking action against the religious fanaticism of Al Qaeda. We would not like to go with anyone in vardi (uniform) but we had no choice. We chose the liberal General instead of the religious fanatics.  HE COULD HAVE CHOSEN THE THIRD PATH OF JOINING THE ARD BUT HE WANTED THE CHOICE IN PAKISTAN TO BE BETWEEN MILITARY DICTATORSHIP OR RELIGIOUS RULE. THIS IS THE CHOICE THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT WANTS TO PRESENT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.  

Why don't you go back to Pakistan?

My party is against religious fanaticism. We are liberals and democratic. On one hand, we have against us feudalists who are against democracy in Pakistan and on the other hand religious fanatics and mullahs have issued fatwas against me and my party. They have alleged that my party is the party of infidels and kafirs. They alleged that we are the agents of India and America and we are agents of non-Muslims.

But why don't you fight head-on with your opponents?

My life is threatened by feudals who are in collaboration with army generals on one side and on the other side by religious people, jihadis, Taleban and Al Qaeda who are well equipped with lethal weapons and explosives.

The army, feudals and mullahs are a troika in Pakistan who have all the power. The troika is against me. You know well that two serious attempts were made to assassinate General Musharraf. Another attempt was made with the help of a suicide bomber to assassinate Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Also, the corps commander of the Pakistan army deputed in Karachi was targeted. The life of the chief of army staff and president, prime minister and corp commander is not safe over there.

I have no army to fight back. The MQM is a democratic party, we don't believe in violence. We believe in gaining power through the electoral process. We have been gaining seats since the elections of 1988.  MQM UNDER ALTAF HAS A TERRORIST WING DEDICATED TO ASSASSINATION AND TERRORISM. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY OR THE RULE OF LAW. HIS PARTY IS THE INFORMAL WING OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. HE HAS ALWAYS SIDED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT EXCEPT UNDER GENERAL ASIF NAWAZ WHO GAVE THE GREEN SIGNAL FOR THE ARMY OPERATION AGAINST MQM WHEN IT GREW TOO BIG FOR ITS BOOTS.

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This man is the governor of a province in Pakistan. He lives in a huge mansion surrounded by servants. So why were we paying him £1,000 a month in benefits

MQM and GOP Corruption

Daily Telegraph London, Sunday

This man is the governor of a province in Pakistan. He lives in a huge mansion surrounded by servants. So why were we paying him £1,000 a month in benefits?
 

By Daniel Foggo and Massoud Ansari in Karachi
(Filed: 12/06/2005)

The two-storey stone mansion that Dr Ishrat-Ul-Ebad Khan lives in as the governor of the Pakistani province of Sindh is surrounded by magnificent lawns and protected by armed guards.

It has two grand entrances, more than a dozen bedrooms, oak floors in the main reception rooms and separate quarters for the staff who see to Dr Khan's every need.

As a senior Pakistani politican, Dr Khan has been photographed beside President Pervez Musharraf, is chauffeured in Mercedes limousines and was inaugurated as governor of his country's second largest province with much pomp almost three years ago.

Yet for almost 10 months while Dr Khan was enjoying the comforts and privileges that go with high office, his family was receiving money from the British benefits system, including income support of about £1,000 a month.

An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has revealed that British taxpayers also funded the £244-a-week rent on a house in Edgware, north-west London, that Dr Khan keeps as a base for his family in Britain.

When confronted by this newspaper, Dr Khan admitted that since taking up his position in December 2002, he had received benefits to which he was not entitled. But he insisted that he had refunded the overpayment. Neither he nor his family is now claiming any benefits, and they have not done so since October 2003 when Mrs Khan went to join him in Pakistan, he said.

Dr Khan, who trained at Sindh Medical College in Karachi and has also been a housing minister in Pakistan, came to Britain in 1992 as an asylum seeker. He fled after being accused by the then government of involvement in murder and kidnap offences.

Following the acceptance of his asylum claim in 1999, Dr Khan, who is aligned with the pro-Musharraf Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), was entitled to a range of welfare benefits.

From 1997 he and his family lived in a pebble-dashed semi-detached corner house in Edgware, and in May 1999 they began claiming income support, which entitled him to payments, such as housing benefit.

His wife, Shaheena, also received benefits because she had a stress disorder, and extra money was added on to allow Dr Khan, who did not have a job, to care for her full time.

By 2002, however, the political situation in Pakistan had changed markedly, with Gen Musharraf having replaced President Ishaq Khan. In December of that year the doctor was invited by the general to become governor of Sindh, and he was inaugurated on December 27.

Records show, however, that he and his wife continued to receive benefits for 10 months.

When contacted by this newspaper, Mrs Khan, who continues to divide her time between the palace in Pakistan and the house in Edgware, claimed that she had written to notify the authorities that her husband had left the country "a few weeks" after his departure.

She said: "His recall was very sudden and we were not sure how long it would last and whether he would stay or not. I didn't write straight away but within about a month to say he had left."

Without his presence their benefits should have been approximately halved. This did not happen, however because, she said, the authorities did not reply.

She said: "When I got no reply I assumed they were taking their time making a decision and so I continued to cash the cheques as normal. Some months later I finally went into the benefits office and told them he was no longer with me and then they sent us a request for repayment, which we paid."

Benefit office records show that she contacted the authorities in October 2003 and told them that her husband had left Britain on September 28 for a period of four months and that she herself would be leaving on October 22. Benefit officials calculated that small repayments, relating to benefits paid since September 28, were therefore due.

In fact, by September 28, 2003 Dr Khan had been the governor of Sindh for almost nine months, during which time he had performed official duties ranging from inaugurating a national immunisation campaign against polio to visiting Saudi Arabia, where he enjoyed the hospitality of the royal family.

He made trips to London to visit his family during that period, including the week prior to September 28.

Dr Khan said that he had repaid a matter of "a few hundred pounds" to the social security authorities but he was keen to make sure that any money that might still be outstanding was reimbursed.

"Since you have raised this, I will be writing to the social security officials to clarify the situation," he said.

"If anything has been done, even inadvertently, I would very much like to rectify it. But in our opinion we have not tried to misguide or mislead." Three of the Khans' four children still live at the Edgware house and attend full-time education in Britain. Dr Khan said that the house was owned by a friend.

In the meantime, Dr Khan, who earns 35,000 rupees (£350) a month - the average Pakistani earns 25,000 rupees a year - lives in a colonial-era house, located in the heart of the port city. The house sits in a dozen acres and is guarded by the gun-carrying men of the Pakistan frontier constabulary. Packed with art treasures, it has a billiards room and tennis courts.

After he was appointed governor, all former criminal accusations against him were dropped. Now he is responsible for appointing judges and can also pardon convicts.

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Altaf Husain is a terrorist, Musharraf and Altaf both are fascist and responsible for May 12 massacre, continued violence, bhatta collection, target killings and terrorists activities on the

Deport Altaf Hussain from UK

Altaf Husain is a terrorist, Musharraf and Altaf both are fascist and responsible for May 12 massacre, continued violence, bhatta collection, target killings and terrorists activities on the streets of Karachi are designed to take control of the metropolitan and only port city of the country.

Altaf is directly and indirectly involved in loss of hundreds of innocent lives, responsible for dividing the nation on ethnic lines. Destruction and pain brought by his activities to the people of Pakistan are not forgiveable. Especially when he is in control of MQM and dictating his terms from London.

It is  believed that demand from the British government to officially extradite him is genuine, this is the only possibility that he can be brought back home and tried for his crimes.

If British Government ignore sentiments of majority of Pakistani peoples, then we agree to take case to British courts. We support Imran Khan, Chairman of PTI in his efforts and will happily offer him assistance for the sake of peace and prosperity at Karachi. We believe that under the pressure of Musharraf, British Government will not act as desired by peoples of Pakistan, but still British courts have fame which could take any decision to lay down foundation, that is another possibility to bring him to justice for his terrorist activities, record of his terrorist activities such as phone calls, meetings with anti-Pakistan terrorists, his source of income and luxirious life style could only be checked by the orders of courts, if British Government refused to help.

If British Government did not take any sympathetic view, then there is no way left except to take case to the International Court of Justice.

Altaf Husain must not be allowed to continue his terrorist activities peacefully from his safe heaven at London, while Karachi may remains under the grip of terrorists and mafia of MQM.

Faiza rape case

Wolf in a sheep's skin

Altaf Husain which started to pose him as liberal and enlightened moderate since Musharraf came in to power; he issued many sycophantic statements in favor of crusaders and some statements for women protection to please western media. It was not surprise for us because a large number of liberals adopted same strategy for the sake of their bread and butter. Majority of them are wolf in sheep's skin, we have sufficient record of their back ground and vulgar approach. But unnecessary interference in the personal matter of any one is not our policy, except if some body politically challenge then we reply in same fashion, how ever we strongly believe that personal life of politicians is public property.

Since May 12, 2007 massacre of Karachi, MQM failed to justify its terrorists role, to hide its weaknesses it started to blame others, every citizen condemned their activities. But statement of Imran Khan shook entire terrorist network, Don Altaf Husain had a notion that after receiving British passport he is safe to conduct terrorist activities from London. It was a great setback, so rascals of MQM, core commander Karachi, ISI, MI, Rangers, and Government of Sindh turned their guns against Imran Khan. Regular filthy statements on media, wall chalking, banners and public meetings against him were conducted and main point was to attack on personal character of Imran Khan. Question is where are those liberals who always have clauses of "Qazaf" in their pockets and preach laws of "Qazaf"? Kashmala Tariq, Women Protectors and enlightened moderates, who are standing out side courts to support same sex marriage, are tight lipped on MQM's allegations. However all this shameful expedition is surely running under the patronage of President House and GHQ?

Seeta white versus Faiza Altaf

Altaf Husain is a chemist; he married a feudal Bloch-Sindhi woman for political support of Malir areas. After marriage he used all barbaric methods against his wife Faiza, she was alone at London and wicked of MQM were always keeping an eye on her, taking rounds to her home. Altaf who is wolf in nature, raped, humiliated and assaulted her badly; she left home and took shelter in neighborhood. She called her father from Pakistan, but rascals of MQM did not allow him to board from Karachi airport. When this news published in media MQM put pressure to blackout this news item. Later both were settled but Altaf Husain was much worried about Aids, he talked to many persons about possibilities of disease before the birth of his child and a conference on Aids was organized by MQM, and Altaf Husain indirectly consulted many experts.

There are many hidden facts which are known to public but we can not write details at this stage, it depends on MQM how for it will go against Imran Khan in vulgarity. We will reply in same manner according to requirement of the dose.

We reserve the right to question many MQM leaders about their DNA tests, but it depends upon the future strategy and attitude of MQM.

We are representing in chronological order and some other old records to rewind memories of the intellectuals and journalists as under which are self explanatory:        

 

 

Major Incidents (2002 and backward)

All major attempts relating to MQM have been mentioned without editing, killed or missing MQM worker are usually policy of Altaf Husain to eliminate regularly such workers from the scene who could be witness or dangerous for the Altaf Husain. This is not a complete list, we two more lists but due to lack of time unable to compare and merge them in a list.  

2002

May 15: An Anti-terrorism court in Karachi sentences two MQM-A activists to life for killing a police personnel on July 21, 1998 in Liaquatabad.

May 2: 300 MQM-A workers are arrested from various locations in Karachi, Hyderabad and other cities throughout Sindh province.

April 26: Two top leaders of the MQM-A are killed by unidentified assailants in Karachi.

April 22: A Sindh court exonerates 11 MQM-A activists, including former Sindh Governor and two former Members of the Sindh Provincial Assembly (MPAs), of all charges in the April 24, 1995-Mir Garden case. Three persons were killed and two police personnel injured in that incident.

April 19: MQM-A chief Altaf Hussain demands a new Constitution for Pakistan.

April 13: MQM-A chief Altaf Hussain urges President Pervez Musharraf to grant "˜complete' autonomy to smaller provinces, including Sindh.

April 9: An MQM-A activist is killed by unidentified gunmen in North Nazimabad, Karachi.

January 7: Two unidentified assailants kill an activist of the MQM-A in Karachi.

2001

December 28: An MQM-A activist is killed in Shah Faisal Colony, Karachi.

December 9: Altaf Hussain claims that missing party workers reportedly arrested by law enforcement agencies have finally been killed.

November 22: The brothers of a former MQM-A cadre, in a revenge attack kill, two MQM-A activists. They attack the MQM-A cadres after they find the bullet-riddled body of their abducted brother in Baldia Town, Karachi.

November 11: Unidentified gunmen kill a former sector "˜commander' of the MQM-A in Jauharabad, Karachi.

October 10: MQM-A chief Altaf Hussain says his party condemns all forms of terrorism and killings of innocent people, whether it is in the USA or in any other part of the world.

October 2: An MQM-A cadre is killed in an encounter with Karachi Police.

September 28: An MQM-A activist is killed and another injured in an armed attack on Jamshed Quarters in Karachi.

September 26: Nine MQM-A activists are injured in two bomb blasts in Karachi.

September 17: MQM-A Chief Altaf Hussain, in a statement from his London headquarters, says people of Pakistan in general, and Sindh in particular, must not "get distracted on the propaganda by the so-called religious and Jihadi organisations. "

September 5: A leader and 14 activists of the MQM-A are acquitted in different cases by the courts in Karachi.

August 23: MQM-A deputy convener Shaikh Liaquat Hussain claims in Karachi that the party's workers are being arrested and tortured.

August 22: Three MQM-A cadres are arrested in Karachi in separate cases.

June 6: MQM-A convener Imran Farooq appeals to the Supreme Court to take suo motto action on a threat leveled by the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to assassinate MQM-A chief Altaf Hussain.

June 3: MQM-A members of the suspended Sindh Assembly oppose the Federal government's on-going arms recovery drive.

June 1: A former MQM-A activist is killed by unidentified gunmen in Liaquatabad, Karachi

May 31: Sindh High Court acquits nine MQM-A activists in former Governor Hakim Saeed assassination case following an appeal against their conviction pronounced earlier by an Anti-Terrorism Court.

May 22: MQM-A co-ordination committee convener Imran Farooq claims in Karachi that the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is indulging in "˜baseless propaganda' against Altaf Hussain, and implicating him in the May 18-killing of Sunni Tehreek chief Salim Qadri.

May 8: MQM-A deputy convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqi claims in Karachi that state agencies were responsible for the May 7-Karachi bomb blast in which one person was killed and nine others injured.

March 24: Karachi anti-terrorism court acquits a former Provincial Legislator of the MQM-A and nine other party activists in a case on which a police personnel was killed on July 28, 1999 in the city.

February 28: MQM-H chief Afaq Ahmad claims in Karachi that Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider is "patronizing the London-based "˜terrorist group'.

February 23: MQM-A chief Altaf Hussain offers to hold a dialogue with the Federal government.

February 20: An MQM-A leader is acquitted in two cases by two different additional district and sessions courts in Karachi.

February 17: Two MQM-A activists arrested earlier on October 9, 2000, in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, are sentenced to death by an ant-terrorism court in Karachi for anti-national activities.

January 3: Senior MQM-A activist of Ranchore Lines, Karachi, Mohammad Shoaib, is arrested.

January 2: MQM-A chief Altaf Hussain and 13 associates declared 'absconders' by Karachi court.

2000

December 22: An additional district and sessions court in Karachi declares MQM-A chief Altaf Hussain and three other activists' absconders in a case pertaining to the killing of two persons during an MQM-A sponsored strike in Karachi in June 1995.

December 20: A former MQM-A member and his brother were killed by two armed assailants in Liaquatabad, Karachi.

December 15: Five MQM-A activists acquitted by a Karachi court in a case regarding an attack on police personnel during a shootout in Liaquatabad in 1998.

December 8: Two MQM-A activists are killed by unidentified gunmen in Karachi.

November 11: Six MQM-A activists are arrested from Sukkur for their alleged involvement in the November 6-bomb blast.

November 6: Bomb explodes at the Karachi marketing office of the Jang group of newspapers. MQM-A cadre Iqbal Macha is prime suspect for the attack.

October 29: MQM-A demands amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan.

October 25: An MQM-A activist is killed by unidentified gunmen in Karachi.

October 2: News report says 1,105 activists and supporters of MQM-A are in official custody and a committee would review all the cases.
Government calls for a report from the High Commission in India on the visit of an MQM- A delegation to that country.

September 21: An MQM-A worker is killed at a Karachi playground.

July 9: An MQM-A activist in police custody, in Karachi, states that the top-leadership of the party has directed him to kill 28 fellow cadres for their suspected involvement in various crimes.

July 4: A Karachi court issues arrest warrants against an MQM-A woman leader, Nasreen Jalil, and some other activists on charges of rioting and obstructing police in performing their duties.

March 30: MQM-A convener Imran Farooq alleges that a Pakistan Army officer had formed groups in connivance with Karachi police to kill MQM-A cadres.

February 28: Widespread violence is reported in Karachi following a strike call given by Jeay Sindh Quami Mahaz and the MQM-A outfit to protest sacking of staff from the state-run Pakistan Steel as well as for the police ill-treating party supporters.

January 17: Nine persons are killed and 25 others injured in a bomb explosion in Karachi. Police blame the MQM-A for the act and claim that 16 terrorists linked to the outfit have been arrested. MQM (A) denies the charge.

1999

November 26: Senior MQM-A leader Farooq Sattar is arrested after surrendering to the Military Intelligence.

September 9: MQM-A secretary general Imran Farooq surfaces in London after being in hiding for seven years and claims his life is in danger in Pakistan.

August 1: Seven MQM-A office-bearers, including a Member of the National Assembly, and two Members of the Sindh Provincial Assembly, resign from the "basic membership" of the party owing to "fundamental differences with MQM chief Altaf Hussain over policy matters".

July 18: MQM-A announces international hunger strike and protests inside and outside Pakistan to protest the "extra-judicial killings" of its cadres.

January 30: Three Urdu newspapers, Jang, Amn, and Parcham, are charged with sedition for carrying an MQM-A advertisement seeking donations for "victims of police excesses" and to compensate those "killed, tortured or victimized by the police and other security agencies during their crackdown against the party".

January 24: UK grants political asylum and residency to MQM-A chairman Altaf Hussain. Pakistan lodges protest.

1998

October 31: Following the MQM-A's refusal to meet the Prime Minister's deadline, Federal rule is imposed in Sindh and a massive crackdown is launched by security agencies.

October 28: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharief accuses an MQM-A Member of the Sindh Provincial Assembly (MPA) and seven other activists of involvement in the murder of Hakim Saeed. Sharief sets a three-day deadline on the outfit to hand-over the assassins, failing which he threatens to call -off the alliance.

October 17: Former Sindh Governor Hakim Mohd Saeed is assassinated by alleged MQM-A terrorists.

September 20: MQM-A decides to resume support to Pakistan Muslim League at Federal level and in Sindh without joining the Ministry.

August 26: MQM-A resigns from the ruling coalition in Sindh province.

August 14: MQM-A Ministers in the Federal Cabinet resign protesting the government's failure to protect the outfit's activists.

August 12: 10 MQM-A activists are killed by unidentified gunmen.

June : 140 persons are killed during various instances of ethnic violence.

April 30: Sindh Chief Minister Liaquat Jatoi withdraws all cases filed against MQM-A Legislators.

April 18: MQM-A announces the continuation of the alliance with Pakistan Muslim League in Sindh.

March 21: Six persons, including MQM-H leader Imtiaz Ahmed Khan and two relatives, are killed by unidentified gunmen in Karachi.
Federal government asks Sindh government to furnish details on steps being taken to counter MQM-H imposed "˜no-go' areas.

March 19: MQM-A extends ultimatum to one month.

March 17: MQM-A serves a 48-hour ultimatum on the Sindh Chief Minister to ensure the removal of "˜no-go areas' in Karachi"“"“areas that are the strongholds of the MQM-H.

February 28: 100 MQM-H members are arrested in crackdown launched after the February 22- Korangi-attack.

February 22: Eight civilians are killed outside a mosque at Korangi, Karachi, in MQM factional rivalry.

February 1: Sindh High Court acquits Altaf Hussain and 18 co-accused, in the abduction case of the of an Army officer.

January 10: Three persons, including a woman, are killed and five more injured in indiscriminate firing during MQM factions' clash.

1997

October 2: Three persons are killed in factional rivalry in Karachi.

September 27: MQM-H asks the British government to deport Altaf Hussain from London.

August 14: MQM-A opposes legislation on terrorism.

July 26: MQM-A renames itself as Muttahida Qaumi Mahaz.

July 9: Three MQM-A workers are arrested on Pakistan-Afghanista n border.

July 6: Four persons are killed in MQM-A's violence in Karachi.

June 18: Government invites MQM-A for talks.

June 17: Four persons are killed in factional rivalry in Karachi.
Altaf Hussain asks workers to close down all the liaison offices of the party.

June 10: 12 persons are killed in wave of violence in Karachi, allegedly perpetrated by MQM-A activists.

May 4: 70 MQM-H activists are arrested in Karachi

May 2: 500 MQM-H activists are arrested in Karachi

April 16: Two MQM-H activists are killed by MQM-A in Karachi.

April 12: Three MQM-H workers are killed and another injured in separate attacks by activists of the rival MQM-A in Karachi.

April 1: Sindh government announces formation of a Compensation Committee to review cases of compensation for persons and families and their legal heirs affected during the period October 1993 to November 1997.

February: MQM-A concludes an accord with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharief and joins the coalition government at the Federal-level and in Sindh. In the accord, Sharief agrees to institute a judicial probe into the allegedly deaths of MQM-A supporters in police custody or encounters or attacks by terrorists; he also agrees to grant compensation to the families of the deceased.

January 20: MQM-A National Assembly candidate from Rahim Yar Khan Javed Mazari is arrested along with another cadre.

January 18: Sindh government grants parole and releases MQM-A senators Aftab Ahmed Sheikh and Nasreen Jalil.

1996

October 10: United States Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) refuses to grant asylum to three senior MQM-A leaders, including senior vice chairman Saleem Shahzad.

October 5: Over two dozen MQM activists are arrested following a series of different encounters in different places in Karachi.

August 21: Hafiz Osama Qadri, MQM-A leader and former member of the Sindh Provincial Assembly, is arrested.

June 16: Karachi police arrest MQM-A cadres Azhar Sayyan"“"“wanted in more than 50 cases"“"“and Naseem Pajama, wanted in 27 cases.

June 1: Two MQM-A terrorists are arrested in Karachi.

April 12: MQM-A delegation goes to Geneva for United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) session.

April 10: MQM-A cadre Nadeem Chita, carrying reward of Rs one million, is arrested from Azizabad, Karachi.

April 9: Four MQM-A cadres, allegedly involved in 13 cases of murder, six cases of abduction and several other crimes, are arrested in Multan.

April 2: Shamim Ahmed, MQM-A leader and Minister in the Sindh government announces the formation of another MQM faction.

March 5: Two abducted persons are rescued from MQM-A cadres in Karachi.

February 28: Three MQM-A workers reportedly confess of a plot to kill religious leaders with the assistance of a sectarian group.

February 1: MQM-A leader, Ajmal Dehlvi warns government that the outfit would disrupt World Cup cricket matches to be held in Pakistan.

Four MQM activists are arrested in Saudi Arabia.

January 29: MQM-A demands reconstitution of the government team conducting negotiations with the outfit.

January 17: Federal government grants Rs. 500 thousand for a proposed library being built by the MQM-A.

Rockets are fired at MQM-H headquarters in Landhi. MQM-H chief Afaq Khan accuses the rival MQM-A for this attack.

January 4: MQM team meets US Ambassador to Pakistan Johan Rolzeman.

January 3: Three civilians are killed during an MQM-organized strike in Karachi.

MQM-A lays down new conditions for talks with the Federal government.

1995

September 8: Five MQM-A activists are arrested in Karachi.

August 15: Top MQM-A activist Tariq "˜Commando' is arrested in Karachi.

August 6: Top MQM-A activist Fahim "˜Commando' and three of his associates are arrested in Karachi.

August 3: In retaliation to the August 2-killing of top MQM-A cadres, 24 persons, including a Sub-divisional Magistrate, are killed in Karachi.

August 2: Top MQM-A terrorist Farooq "˜Dada' and three of his associates are killed in Karachi.

July 17: Federal government and MQM-A agree to refrain from making provocative statements.

July 11: Talks begin between the Federal government and MQM-A.

July 5, 6, 13 & 24: 10 MQM-A activists are killed and six more arrested in a series of raids on MQM-A bases in Karachi. A large cache of arms and ammunition is seized.

July: MQM-A announces weekly strikes on Friday and Saturday until its demands for more rights are met. Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto responds and says MQM-A's violence is aimed at carving out a separate Province for more than eight million Mohajirs living in Karachi and Hyderabad

June: 10 Sindhi-speaking officials are killed by alleged MQM-A activists in Karachi.

MQM-A activists attack police and civilian targets employing guns, rocket and bombs in Karachi.

June 24: A train carrying arms for SFs is looted and burnt down by MQM-A activists.

June 15: 24 persons, including 10 Sindhis, are killed in Karachi.

June 4: 10 persons are killed by MQM-A activists.

May 22: MQM-A observes Mourning Day.

May 18: 15 persons are killed in terrorist attacks in several parts of Karachi.

May 5: US Embassy announces that issuing visas from Karachi would be stopped because of the prevalence of terrorist violence in the city.

1994

November 11: Indiscriminate firing by suspected MQM-A gunmen kills eight persons, including an Air Force officer in Karachi.

September 26: Three MQM-A activists are arrested and a large cache of weapons is seized in several raids on their hideouts in Karachi.

September 17: Eight persons are killed in indiscriminate firing allegedly by MQM-A gunmen.

August 8: Altaf loyalists in Karachi allegedly kill a top-MQM-H leader.

July 13: Six persons are killed in an attack on a bus in Karachi.

June: Altaf Hussain and 19 other MQM members sentenced in absentia by a Karachi court to 27 years imprisonment for abducting and torturing an Army intelligence officer, Major Kaleem, and his four associates in June 1991.

June 28: Suspected MQM-A activists kill seven police personnel, including an officer who had arrested several MQM-A gunmen.

June 20: A court in Karachi issues non-bail able warrants against Altaf Hussain in connection with the murder of a Senator in May 1990.

June 4: MQM-A releases Charter of Demands.

March 6: Suspected MQM-A activists kill five security force (SF) personnel, including an Army Captain, in Karachi.

1993

May 1: Azim Tariq is killed allegedly by MQM-A cadres.

February 10: 13 persons are killed in a bomb attack in Karachi.

1992

November 27: MQM-A Chairman Azim Tariq comes over-ground and disowns Altaf Hussain.

July 19: Sindh Chief Minister disassociates himself from MQM-A.

June 29: MQM-A members resign their seats in the Federal and Sindh assemblies.

June: MQM dissidents led by Afaq Ahmed and Aamir Khan formally launch the Haqiqi (real) MQM, subsequently known by its sobriquet MQM (H).

June 27: MQM-A breaks away from the ruling alliance at the Federal level.

June 22: Cases are filed against 13 MQM-A leaders, including Altaf Hussain.

June 19: Army is deployed in Karachi and curfew is declared to prevent factional clashes within MQM.

May 28: Federal government launches military operation against "dacoits and terrorists" in Sindh.

May 19: The Altaf Hussain faction of MQM clashes with rebels in the party and a series of killings and abductions follow.

January 1: Altaf Hussain leaves for London on a self-imposed exile.

1991

October 1: Prominent journalist Mohammad Salahuddin's house is bombed allegedly by MQM activists in Karachi

March 3: MQM leader Badar Iqbal is expelled from the party for financial embezzlement

February 21: Federal government postpones indefinitely the process of collecting population census.

April 30: Two Japanese students allegedly abducted by MQM activists for ransom are released after 45 days in captivity.

February: 14 persons are killed and 26 more inured in separate incidents of violence.

January 3: The Jam Sadiq-led MQM government in Sindh decides to set up four special courts.

1990

August 22: 27 persons are killed and 55 more injured in firing on MQM camps in Karachi.

July 13: 45 persons are killed in a bomb blast in Hyderabad.

June 6: President Ishaq Khan proposes all-party conference on Sindh situation. MQM refuses to participate.

May 9-10: 16 persons are killed in Karachi violence.

April 17-30: 11 persons are killed in Hyderabad violence

April 12: MQM rejects government's offer for peace talks.

April 7: Altaf Hussain commences fast-unto-death.

March 31: Karachi University reopens.

February 6-9: 64 persons are killed during an MQM-organised anti-government demonstration in Karachi.

January 30 "“February 3: 18 persons are killed in anti-government demonstrations in Hyderabad.

1989

December 12-25: 21 persons are killed in Hyderabad violence and nine others in Karachi.

October 23: MQM unilaterally pulls out of the Karachi Accord and quits the ruling coalition at the Federal level.

October 13: Two police officers are killed, even as Altaf Hussain meets President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in Karachi.

September 22: Sindh Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police says MQM is a terrorist outfit and not a political organization.

September 17-19: Nine persons are killed and 24 others injured during riots in Hyderabad

August 19: 11 persons, including police personnel, are killed by alleged MQM gunmen in Karachi

August 13: Seven persons are killed by suspected MQM gunmen in Karachi.

July 16-23: 10 persons are killed in violence in Hyderabad.

June 1: Three Federal Ministers meet MQM leaders in a bid to save Karachi Accord.

May 30: Talks are held between the then Punjab Chief Minister, Nawaz Sharief and Altaf Hussain for political co-operation.

May 1: Three MQM Ministers resign from the Sindh provincial government.

April 6: 10 persons are killed and 40 others wounded in incidents of firing in Hyderabad.

March 18: 10 persons are killed and 15 others injured by unidentified gunmen in Karachi.

February 23: Karachi University vice-chancellor' s office is burnt down by suspected MQM cadres.

1988

December: Benazir Bhutto is elected Prime Minister with support from the MQM. MQM joins the coalition government at the Federal level and in Sindh.

November: General Elections held in Pakistan following Gen. Zia's death. Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) concludes a political accord with the MQM, known popularly as the Karachi Accord, to contest jointly.

October 1: Suspected MQM activists kill 90 Sindhis in separate attacks in Karachi.

August 30: MQM activists kill a Karachi University student.

July 21: Women MQM activists storm a Karachi police station and free 18 arrested persons.

July 17: Karachi Mayor Aftab Sheikh is attacked. Eight persons are killed in riots that followed.

June 18: Six persons are killed in violence in Hyderabad

April 30- May 9: 31 persons are killed in Karachi street violence.

March 1: Four persons are killed and several others injured during violence in Karachi.

February 4: Six persons are killed in violence in Karachi

January 18: Four persons are killed in clashes between MQM and PPI activists.

January 10: Five persons are killed in stabbing and other incidents of violence; several others are injured in Karachi. The Army is called in.

1987

November: MQM wins a majority of seats at the local-level elections in Karachi and Hyderabad, and emerges successful in other urban areas of Sindh.

October 31: Two persons are killed and 85 others injured in violence during an MQM-strike in Karachi. Senior police officials are injured in violence in Hyderabad.

September 29: MQM spokesperson says party regards Khan Abdul Wali Khan and Abdul Ghaffar Khan as the true representatives of Pukhtoons.

August 30: Altaf Hussain courts arrest in Karachi.

August 28: Sindh government orders arrest of August 26-rioteers. 160 persons, including leaders of the PPI, are arrested but Altaf Hussain escapes.

August 26: Nine persons are killed and 80 others injured in Karachi riots.

July 22 - August 30: 22 persons killed and 300 others injured in clashes between MQM and a rival group, Punjabi-Pukhtoon Ittehad (PPI). Besides, five police personnel are killed and 38 others injured during riots in this period.

June 21: MQM Chairman calls for boycott of Jang for its "anti-Mohajir policy". The newspaper's office in Hyderabad is burnt down.

May 21: One person killed in riots over the arrest of MQM workers in Karachi.

February 20-21: 16 persons injured in street violence in Karachi.

January 31: Altaf Hussain says in Liaquatabad that Mohajirs "will have to arrange for their own security"

1986

December 20: MQM Chairman Azim Ahmad Tariq demands justice for Mohajirs and advises Pakistan President Zia-ul Haq to issue arms licenses.

December 14: 50 persons killed in Karachi; The Army is called-in and curfew declared.

December 9: One person killed and 40 injured during clashes following MQM's call for strike in Karachi.

November 21: 30 persons injured in firing in Karachi.

November 18: MQM cadres fire in the air and disrupt a cricket match at Hyderabad's Niaz Stadium.

November 3: 10 persons killed in hand-grenade attacks and six others in street violence in Karachi.

November 2: Altaf Hussain and 10 other leaders are arrested on charges of attempt to murder and rioting. 72 other activists arrested with arms and explosives in different areas of Karachi.

October 31: 12 persons killed during riots in Karachi. Riots spread to Hyderabad where seven persons are killed.

October 25: Altaf Hussain says in Hyderabad, Sindh, that Mohajir youth should "collect arms. If our rights are not given to us, we will use every kind of force".

August 8: MQM's first public meeting at Karachi's Nishtar park is marked by aerial firing, street violence and damage of public property.

1984

March 18: Mohajir Quomi Movement (MQM) is launched.

1978

Altaf Hussain founds the All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi

 

 

http://www.satp. org/satporgtp/ countries/ pakistan/ terroristoutfits /MQM.htm

 

 

MQM's Violence (Videos)

 

MQM Terrorists with automatic weapons at Gurumandir:
 

MQM Nazim beating woman in City Council:
 

Lawyers Press Conference Against MQM:

MQM Youth destroying the car of AAJ TV Anchor Nadia:
 

Bullet inside newsroom of AAJ TV fired by MQM workers:
 

BBC's Video of MQM Terrorists attacking AAJ TV:
 

Talat Hussain Live on Phone when MQM workers firing at AAJ TV:
 

Independent Reporting depicting who were firing:
 

MQM and GOP Corruption
By Daniel Foggo and Massoud Ansari in Karachi - 12/06/2005

Altaf Hussain's Interview with Analysis
November 18, 2004

Anti Pakistan Statement by Altaf Hussain on ISI during visit to India
November 7, 2004

Anti Pakistan Statement by Altaf Hussain on ISI during visit to India
November 7, 2004

Altaf Hussain's Open Letter to the Chief Executive General Pervaiz Musharraf

 

To watch above videos click the link below:

 

http://www.ppp. org.pk/Other/ altaf.html

 

MIPT Terrorism Data Base

First Attack:
Apr. 14, 2001
Strength:
Approximately 3,000 members
Classification:
Nationalist/ Separatist
Last Attack:
June 13, 2001
Financial Sources:
MQM-A claims that the MQM-H is funded by criminal activities and receives assistance from previous administrations. MQM-H does get some of its funding via protection rackets

Key Leaders:

Hussain, Altaf

Related Groups:

All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation - Founding Group

Haqiqi Muthida Qaumi Movement (MQM-H) - Splinter Group

US State Department List:

The US State Department has designated groups into three different classifications. Click on one of the following to learn more about each group and to access their group profiles.

Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)

Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL)

Other Terrorist Organizations (OTO)

 

http://www.tkb. org/KeyLeader. jsp?memID= 136

 

Accept Line of Control temporarily: Altaf Hussain

The Hindu - Sunday, Nov 07, 2004 - By Amit Baruah

NEW DELHI, NOV. 6. He rejects division, but upholds the realities of the Partition. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Altaf Hussain, hogged the limelight at an international conference here, calling for the temporary acceptance of the Line of Control (LoC) as a border to continue talks between India and Pakistan.

For the last 12 years, the London-based Mr. Hussain has been addressing public gatherings in Pakistan by telephone. Today, he finally got the opportunity to address his audience live "” but it happened to be in the "land of his ancestors", India, and not in the country of his birth, Pakistan.

It was more a performance than a speech. He waved his arms about, invited the foreigners present at the conference organised by Hindustan Times to come up to the stage and ask them to distinguish a Hindu from a Muslim.

He spoke about how far Pakistanis of Indian origin had to travel to Lahore to cross the border into India "” why could not the border at Khokrapar be thrown open for Pakistanis and Indians to use?

`Not war'

Mr. Hussain brought the house down by his pronunciation of the External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh's name. It was not Natwar, but "Not War", Mr. Hussain said. And, till "Not War" was in office, there could not be any war between India and Pakistan.

For good effect, he called out the name of "Mr. Devdas," a Hindu member of the Pakistani National Assembly, as proof of his assertion. Mr. Devdas was made to walk all around the conference room in order to identify himself.

Mr. Hussain rejected "Partition" since the people of India and Pakistan had the same genetic make-up.

"The division of the sub-continent was the greatest blunder," he thundered to cheers from the audience. "It was the division of blood, culture, brotherhood, relationships, " he said, switching from English to Urdu.

At another time, he asked the Government of India to provide shelter to the Mohajirs of Pakistan if they faced problems there, but later said this was not possible. From time to time, he reminded the audience that we were all the same people. "Aap sab hamein apne lage."

He thanked the British Government for letting him live in London. (Mr. Hussain now has a British passport). Attacking the "mullahs and the jehadis", he called upon the United States to stop supporting regimes headed by kings and military dictators. "We should respect Ram and Allah and get rid of Ravana and Shaitan," the MQM chief said.

"Cannot return"

Later, addressing the press, Mr. Hussain claimed he could not return to Pakistan, as there had been two attempts on the life of President Pervez Musharraf and one on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. "Do you want me to return to Pakistan only to be assassinated? " he said, claiming that the Al-Qaeda and religious fanatics were roaming in Pakistan. Appreciating Gen. Musharraf for his courageous stand that plebiscite in Kashmir was not the only option, Mr. Hussain said that the General was a liberal when compared to religious extremists.

http://www.hindu. com/2004/ 11/07/stories/ 2004110705711000 .htm

 

Homegrown terrorism

 

Dawn - 11 November 2001 - By Ardeshir Cowasjee

Before Mrs Nasreen Jalil, the resident chief of the MQM, jumps the gun and writes a letter to the press, for her information and according to police records, there are 260 criminal cases, many involving acts of terrorism, pending/decided here in Pakistan against her party chief Altaf Hussain, who fled the country and is now in residence in London with a British passport in his pocket. In one case, FIR 211/91 of 24/6/91, filed by Major Kalimuddin in Landhi police station, Altaf Bhai and six others were awarded 27 years RI by the special terrorist court. Tony Blair has given him asylum and by making him a British citizen has afforded him protection. But brother Altaf should realize that Blair is a far cry from Palmerston.

 

 

 

Pak for Altaf's extradition

LONDON , Nov 8 (PTI) "” Pakistan has sought formal extradition of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) strongman Altaf Hussain from Britain charging him with 50 killings and 150 kidnappings and waging a terror campaign through telephone from his headquarters in London .

The Sunday Times quoting Pakistani Government officials, said if the extradition proceedings failed, it would press for the MQM leader's trial in a British court under the recently passed British Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act, 1998.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who after the recent shake-up in the army in the wake of sudden resignation of Army chief Jahangir Karamat had become the most powerful politician in Pakistan after Z A Bhutto, was acting against his old political ally MQM under increasing pressure from military and intelligence chiefs, it said.

The paper said Pakistani officials were in the process of handing over formal charge to the British Home Office which may include a nMQM hit list containing names of Pakistan 's most prominent philanthropist, Hakim Sayeed brutally gunned down in Karachi recently and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

However, the paper said Mr Sharif's move to seek Altaf's deportation would face a lengthy legal process as Pakistan and Britain did not have an extradition treaty. Pakistan has been spurning repeated moves by the British authorities for such a treaty and has been refusing to deport big names involved in the BCCI scandal and number of others wanted on drug trafficking and forgery charges.

Altaf Husain in an interview to the daily denied any links with violence in Sindh and asserted that he would fight any deportation order.

"I am not afraid of any cases registered against me. The people of Sindh are the real judges, they have voted for me not once, but again and again", the MQM leader was quoted as saying adding that he strongly denied charges that his party was involved in terrorism.

"In fact it was the Mohajir who were at the receiving end of state terrorism in Sindh. The official agencies, through private militias are running a campaign of terror and bloodshed. Thousands of our workers are languishing in jails and are being executed extra-judicially" , he said.

The Sunday Times said the Sharifs Government was facing inquiries into the conduct of its own forces investigating the killing of the Hamdard chief, with MQM member accused of killing Hakim Sayeed, found dead in a police cell.

British sources were quoted as expressing scepticism over reports that Pakistan may ask Britain to invoke the new terrorism Act against Altaf Hussain in the background of Pakistani and Islamic groups having bitterly opposed the passage of the Bill in the fear of it being used against them for huge illegal fund raising in Britain for "jehads" abroad, particularly Kashmir .

"Once the Pakistan Government itself asks for invoking the Act, it would not be easier for the British authorities to clamp down on illegal jehad fund-raising," diplomatic observers said.

http://www.tribunei ndia.com/ 1998/98nov09/ world.htm# 2

 

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Follower of Baacha Khan's philosophy Dr Khurshid has said Karachi does not seem to be part of Pakistan as Indian refugees following the footsteps of Zionists have occupied the city.
Karachi doesn't seem to be part of Pakistan, says a leader
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PESHAWAR: Follower of Baacha Khan's philosophy Dr Khurshid has said Karachi does not seem to be part of Pakistan as Indian refugees (i think this word hw used wrong, as Indian Refugees are Paksitani and he should target MQM not all Pakistanis, the word he used for them is totally wrong and hatred Added by noman) following the footsteps of Zionists have occupied the city.

"The MQM, which was founded by Gen Ziaul Haq, is a terrorist organisation whose patron-in-chief is Pervez Musharraf and Altaf Hussain its president," Khurshid said while addressing a press conference at the Press Club.

In order to rein in the Pakistan People's Party, he said Gen Zia founded MQM and settled the Indian people in Karachi and later on imparted them well-organised terrorism training.

"Musharraf being the patron-in-chief of the MQM and Altaf its president had not only killed the innocent people of Karachi, but also took lives of their own people, who belonged to the MQM Haqiqi," Khurshid said adding now Musharraf had made Altaf as a defective prime minister of Pakistan who was ruling the country from abroad.

He asked the federal and the Punjab governments to contain MQM otherwise; it would take an ugly shape in future. "Altaf is running his terrorist organisation and it is beyond my imagination who is paying for the expense," he wondered.

He said the way the blood of innocent Pushtuns was shed on May 12 was condemnable therefore now Pushtuns should realise what to do in future. About the existing system in Pakistan, Khurshid said democracy was never allowed to grow in the country as all the time military dictators held sway over the system.

"If we want to drive the country out of the existing crises we must declare Pakistan as a multinational state, wherein all the nations would have equally say," he asserted.

To a question regarding ban on Imran Khan in Karachi and Lahore, he said no one had the right to restrict the movement of Pakistani a citizen.
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PESHAWAR: Follower of Baacha Khan's philosophy Dr Khurshid has said Karachi does not seem to be part of Pakistan as Indian refugees following the footsteps of Zionists have occupied the city.

"The MQM, which was founded by Gen Ziaul Haq, is a terrorist organisation whose patron-in-chief is Pervez Musharraf and Altaf Hussain its president," Khurshid said while addressing a press conference at the Press Club.

In order to rein in the Pakistan People's Party, he said Gen Zia founded MQM and settled the Indian people in Karachi and later on imparted them well-organised terrorism training.

"Musharraf being the patron-in-chief of the MQM and Altaf its president had not only killed the innocent people of Karachi, but also took lives of their own people, who belonged to the MQM Haqiqi," Khurshid said adding now Musharraf had made Altaf as a defective prime minister of Pakistan who was ruling the country from abroad.

He asked the federal and the Punjab governments to contain MQM otherwise; it would take an ugly shape in future. "Altaf is running his terrorist organisation and it is beyond my imagination who is paying for the expense," he wondered.

He said the way the blood of innocent Pushtuns was shed on May 12 was condemnable therefore now Pushtuns should realise what to do in future. About the existing system in Pakistan, Khurshid said democracy was never allowed to grow in the country as all the time military dictators held sway over the system.

"If we want to drive the country out of the existing crises we must declare Pakistan as a multinational state, wherein all the nations would have equally say," he asserted.

To a question regarding ban on Imran Khan in Karachi and Lahore, he said no one had the right to restrict the movement of Pakistani a citizen.

 
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